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15956 (1998 BY24)
Classification: Main-belt Asteroid          SPK-ID: 2015956
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Orbital Elements at Epoch 2459000.5 (2020-May-31.0) TDB
Reference: JPL 29 (heliocentric ecliptic J2000)
 Element Value Uncertainty (1-sigma)   Units 
e .01677094750543451 3.2687e-08  
a 2.842207933252653 1.2539e-08 au
q 2.794541413204543 9.376e-08 au
i 1.215150119882819 3.6065e-06 deg
node 278.1523600506896 0.00017943 deg
peri 1.081463296332158 0.00021713 deg
M 98.58207758326391 0.00012126 deg
tp 2458521.232848806232
(2019-Feb-06.73284881)		 0.00059033 TDB
period 1750.177909204945
4.79		 1.1582e-05
3.171e-08		 d
yr
n .2056933744315957 1.3612e-09 deg/d
Q 2.889874453300763 1.2749e-08 au
   Orbit Determination Parameters
   # obs. used (total)      1760  
   data-arc span      13945 days (38.18 yr)  
   first obs. used      1981-10-01  
   last obs. used      2019-12-06  
   planetary ephem.      DE431  
   SB-pert. ephem.      SB431-N16  
   condition code      0  
   norm. resid. RMS      .53088  
   source      ORB  
   producer      Otto Matic  
   solution date      2019-Dec-14 00:05:53  

Additional Information
 Earth MOID = 1.77808 au 
 Jupiter MOID = 2.11136 au 
 T_jup = 3.308 
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Physical Parameter Table
Parameter Symbol Value Units Sigma Reference Notes
absolute magnitude H 13.8   n/a PDS3 (MPO 1747)  
diameter diameter 4.700 km 0.413 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  
geometric albedo albedo 0.265   0.058 urn:nasa:pds:neowise_diameters_albedos::2.0[mainbelt] (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...741...68M)  

15956 (1998 BY24)          Discovered 1998-Jan-28 by Kobayashi, T. at Oizumi
Reference: 20000726/Numbers.arcLast Updated: 2004-04-19

Alternate Designations
 1998 BY24 = 1996 VR18 
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